If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

This really isn't all that meaningful. IN reading the article, the term "welfare" is being applied to a broad range of benefits. I would imagine that there are many Americans whose only benefit is a child or children on free or reduced lunch in school who do not consider themselves to be on welfare. By the same token, there are probably a lot of seniors who are getting some benefit that some would consider welfare.

One specious jump is that a benefit utilized by a child equates to his parent being on welfare. If this is the case, then there are a number of senior citizens and others who have gotten custody of related or unrelated children who would themselves be considered to be on welfare, even though they live in a paid for $300,000 house and drive a new car.

Surveys like this measure many things, truth and accuracy aren't at the top.

Queerdom and being a liberal must really screw up your brain when you post stupid shit like this.

KS needs to be subjected to a few years in Venezuela, Cuba or some other Marxist hellhole so that he can gain a better appreciation for America. In fact, most leftists would benefit from a protrated stay in the countries that they profess to admire, but would never actually live in.

Yeah, it's amazing that those who have actually lived under that type of system nearly ALWAYS are the most staunch promoters of Capitalism and Free Enterprise.

This really isn't all that meaningful. IN reading the article, the term "welfare" is being applied to a broad range of benefits. I would imagine that there are many Americans whose only benefit is a child or children on free or reduced lunch in school who do not consider themselves to be on welfare. By the same token, there are probably a lot of seniors who are getting some benefit that some would consider welfare.

One specious jump is that a benefit utilized by a child equates to his parent being on welfare. If this is the case, then there are a number of senior citizens and others who have gotten custody of related or unrelated children who would themselves be considered to be on welfare, even though they live in a paid for $300,000 house and drive a new car.

Surveys like this measure many things, truth and accuracy aren't at the top.

Except that if a program frees a parent from the need to provide meals for their child, then the parent is receiving welfare. The money and time saved can be spent on other things, not by the child (or even on behalf of the child, since there are almost no checks to ensure that the money that is saved goes to care for the children of the indigent), but by the parent. Thus, a free lunch can equate to a satellite dish, daily bong hits, lottery tickets or anything else that the parent may care to spend the additional money on. Welfare "for the children" is always filtered through the pockets of the parents.

Originally Posted by Constitutionally Speaking

Yeah, it's amazing that those who have actually lived under that type of system nearly ALWAYS are the most staunch promoters of Capitalism and Free Enterprise.

This really isn't all that meaningful. IN reading the article, the term "welfare" is being applied to a broad range of benefits. I would imagine that there are many Americans whose only benefit is a child or children on free or reduced lunch in school who do not consider themselves to be on welfare. By the same token, there are probably a lot of seniors who are getting some benefit that some would consider welfare.

One specious jump is that a benefit utilized by a child equates to his parent being on welfare. If this is the case, then there are a number of senior citizens and others who have gotten custody of related or unrelated children who would themselves be considered to be on welfare, even though they live in a paid for $300,000 house and drive a new car.

Surveys like this measure many things, truth and accuracy aren't at the top.

Your right, the wording is ambiguous on that question, but I doubt the first thing that comes to peoples mind when asked about welfare is "reduced price lunches".

In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.

In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.

KS needs to be subjected to a few years in Venezuela, Cuba or some other Marxist hellhole so that he can gain a better appreciation for America. In fact, most leftists would benefit from a protrated stay in the countries that they profess to admire, but would never actually live in.